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Katwal
Katuwal, Katawal,Katowal, Katwal ( ne, कटवाल) is a surname used in Darjeeling, Nepal,Assam, and Kumaon region from Uttarakhand. They belong to Ekthariya subcaste that is widely accepted to be of patrilineal Rajput and Chhetri origin from present day India, which is in contrast to Bahuthariya (multiple clan) Chhetri subcaste which is of patrilineal Khas origin. They were one of subcaste(Clan) of Chettri community like Thapa,Karki,Bisht,Khadka,Basnyat etc.They also wear the sacred thread.They were considered as one of a noble family of Nepalese and Gorkha Kingdom.They belong to Jharra Chhetri (subgroup of chhetri caste) Notable people Notable people bearing the name or its variants include: * Jeet Ram Katwal, Indian MLA in Himachal PradeshManoj Katuwal, Nepali cricket player who played for the Nepal National Cricket Team between 2002 and 2006 *General Rookmangud Katawal, former Chief of Army Staff of the Nepali Army * Yubraj Katawal, Former President- Free Education Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rookmangud Katawal
General Rookmangud Katawal is a former Nepalese Army general, who served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Nepal Army from 2006 to 2009. General Katawal has come across controversy after the then Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal unilaterally decided to sack Katawal on May 3, 2009. Early life and education Rookmangud Katawal was born in Okhaldhunga District, Nepal on 12 December 1948, to Mr. Khadgadhoj Katawal and his wife. After impressing the then King Mahendra by reciting a poem of the National Poet Madhav Prasad Ghimire during the monarch's official visit, Katawal was brought to Kathmandu at the age of 8 years and looked after by King Mahendra himself. After residing at the then COAS General Toran Shumsher's residence for about 15 days along with King Mahendra's other 'adopted sons', at the age of 10 years, he was enrolled at the Pharping Boarding School. After completing 5th grade, he was directly transferred to 7th grade due to his impressive academic endeavor. However ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeet Ram Katwal
Jeet Ram Katwal is a former Indian IAS officer and an MLA from the Jhanduta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) of Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks .... References Year of birth missing (living people) Himachal Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Himachal Pradesh {{HimachalPradesh-BJP-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayamajhi
Rayamajhi ( ne, रायमाझी) is a Rajput-Chhetri family name. Rayamajhis belong to Ekthariya Chhetri subcaste that is widely accepted to be of patrilineal Rajput origin from present day India. Notable people with the surname Rayamajhi *Deepak Rayamajhi, Nepali Film Director *Dilip Rayamajhi, Nepali Film Actor *Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, Deputy Prime Minister * Narayan Rayamajhi, Nepali composer, lyricist, feature-film script writer, film director, and producer. *Keshar Jung Rayamajhi Keshar Jung Rayamajhi (1919 – 17 December 2012) ( ne, केशरजंग रायमाझी) was a Nepalese politician. He was a leading figure in the communist movement in the country, but later turned into a royalist. Rayamajhi hails fr ..., Advisor to late King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Notes References External linksSubodh Rana's blog{{Chhetri communities Surnames of Nepalese origin Khas surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khadka
Khadka ( ne, खड्का), anciently called as Khaḍga ( sa, खड्गा), is a surname of Khas people, Khas -Chhetri community. Khadga was an ancient ''Paikelā'' (warrior) rank along with ''Thapa, Thāpā'', ''Rānā'' and ''Buḍhā''. Kunwar Khadka clan Prime Minister of Nepal Jung Bahadur Kunwar Rana belonged to the Kunwar family of the Khadka clan. The Kunwar family genealogy also states the title of 'Kunwar Khadka' which was taken by the ancestors of the Kunwar family. After the premiership of Jung Bahadur Kunwar, the Kunwar family through a royal order took up the title of Rana (title), Rana and claimed themselves as Rajput family of Chittor in India and founded the Rana dynasty. Notable people * Hari Bahadur Khadka, Member of 2nd Constituent Assembly * Hari Khadka, football player * Khum Bahadur Khadka, former minister * Kul Bahadur Khadka, Lieutenant General * Narayan Khadka, ex minister of urban development * Nirajan Khadka, football player * Paras Khadka, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jharra Chhetri
Jharra Chhetri (; are the subgroup of the Chhetri caste who are socio-religiously considered the purest among all Chhetri subcastes. Jharra Chhetri wear the six threaded Janai (sacred thread). Although Khatri chhetri and Matwali chhetris or pawai chhetri outnumber Jharras but almost all Notable people from chhetri community are exclusively Jharras like Bogati, Basnet /Basnyat,Thapa, karki kunwar khadka Budathoki katuwal mahat and so on . Jharra Chhetri are Kshatriya in Hindu Social status. They follow Bartaman ceremony and proclaim a caste-based supremacy over other Kshatriya communities like Thakuri(Rajputs) and pawei khasa Chhetri based on the socio-religious gradation of purity. Most of them were historically warriors' nobility ruler's administrator or government official as their surname suggest. Jharra chhetris with heterogenous surnames they are also called as Bahuthariya For eg. Thapa ( Bagale/Lamichhane/godar/suyal/puwar) Karki (mudula/lama/sutar) Basnet(khaptari/shri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohara (surname)
Bohara ( ne, बोहरा), also known as Bohora () or Bohara (), is a Brahmin (bahun) and Chhetri surname of the Khas community of Nepal. Bohara belonged to Thar Ghar aristocracy group which assisted the rulers of Gorkha Kingdom. In western Nepal, the Bohara title is in use from Katyuri Kingdom of Doti, Joshimath and Askot by the Kshatriyas, at the time of old Feudal kingdom system of around 12th century (also known as Jamindari Pratha). Largely, the Bohara title is used by the Chhetri community. Some janajati (Sauka), bahun , Dalits, and Kami also use this surname. This surname is also found in Brahmins, vaishya, dalits and panjabi people of Himachal Pradesh,Rajisthan Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand states of India. Notable people with surname Bohara Notable Bohora/Bohara include: *Amrit Kumar Bohara, CPN-UML politician; former Minister of Nepal * Moti Lal Bohara, former Inspector General of Nepal Police Inspector, also police inspector or inspector of police, is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budhathoki
Budhathoki ( ne, बुढाथोकी) is a surname of the tagadhari Chhetri group of the Khas community of Nepal. People with the Budhathoki surname reside mostly in Nepal and India. Notable people with this surname include: * Karn Jit Budhathoki, Nepalese Parliament member *Keshav Kumar Budhathoki, Nepalese legislative member *Prakash Budhathoki Prakash Budhathoki ( ne, प्रकाश बुढाथोकी) (born 21 May 1993) is a Nepali professional association football, footballer from Dharan, Patnali, Sunsari, who currently plays for I-League side NEROCA FC as a midfielder. Int ..., Nepalese footballer बुढा क्षेत्री नेपाल म बस्ने तागा धारी खस आर्य हुन् मुख्य बसोबास दैलेख सुर्खेत जाजरकोट कालिकोट सल्यान गुल्मी काठमाडौं दाङ झापा लगायत देश ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, and India in the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural state, with Nepali as the official language. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and the largest city. The name "Nepal" is first recorded in texts from the Vedic period of the India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahat (surname)
Mahat ( ne, महत) is an Ekthariya (single-clan) Chhetri surname among Nepalese, of Khasa heritage. The name may have originated when one of the Jumli Malla kings in medieval times made his younger brother, Dharma Malla, chief of staff in the army. This granted Dharma Malla the title of Mahat (meaning ''The Great One''), and as a result, his descendants started using 'Mahat' as their surnames. Like other Khasa chetris such as Thapa, Basnyat/Basnet, Karki, Khadka and Rawat, Mahats worship Masta, a local non-vedic deity of the Karnali region. Among twelve Mastas, Khaapar Masta is their Kuldevata. Khasa Chhetris are referred to by their place of origin, and therefore Mahats are also called as Kalikote Mahat. Military roles Mahats have been an integral part of the Nepalese Army during the same period of Shah kings. Many individuals with the Mahat surname still serve the Nepalese Army as well as in the Indian and US armies in different designations, both as officers and no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepali-language Surnames
Nepali (; , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language native to the Himalayas region of South Asia. It is the official, and most widely spoken, Languages of Nepal, language of Nepal, where it also serves as a ''lingua franca''. Nepali has Languages with official status in India, official status in the Indian state of Sikkim and in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration of West Bengal. It is spoken by about a quarter of Bhutan's population. Nepali also has a significant number of speakers in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Uttarakhand. In Myanmar it is spoken by the Burmese Gurkhas. The Nepali diaspora in the Middle East, Brunei, Australia and worldwide also use the language. Nepali is spoken by approximately 16 million native speakers and another 9 million as a second language. Nepali is commonly classified within the Eastern Pahari group of the Northern Indo-Aryan languages, Northern zone of Indo-Aryan. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chauhan (surname)
Chawan ( deva, चौहान, ne, चौहान/चुहान, mr, चव्हाण) is a surname predominantly found in the Indian subcontinent. Notable people *Anuja Chauhan *Ashok Chavan * Bahadur Singh Chauhan *Charlie Chauhan *Chetan Chauhan *Gajendra Chauhan * Gogaji Chauhan *Hammir Dev Chauhan, King of Ranthambore * Jagjit Singh Chauhan *Maneet Chauhan *Mohit Chauhan *Prithviraj Chauhan, King of Delhi *Prithviraj Chavan * Rajesh Chauhan * Rajkumar Chauhan *Ravi Chauhan *Rohit Jugraj Chauhan * Sanjay Chauhan (politician), mayor of Shimla Municipal Corporation * Sanjay Singh Chauhan (born 1961), Gujjar leader * Sanjay Chauhan (screenwriter) (born 1962), Indian screenwriter * Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan (born 1975), Indian film director and screenwriter * Sahab Singh Chauhan * Captain Sanjay Chauhan, Indian soldier *Shivraj Singh Chauhan *Sonal Chauhan *Sonika Chauhan *Subhadra Kumari Chauhan *Sunidhi Chauhan *Vikram Singh Chauhan *Hemant Chauhan Hemant Chauhan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raut (other)
Raut may refer to: Places *, a mountain in the Italian Alps *Raut, old name of Ronchi Valsugana, a town in Italy *Răut, river in Moldova Social groups * Raut (caste) * Raute people, of Nepal * A Rawat title used by the Rajdhoves caste in Nepal People with the surname * Abhishek Raut (born 1987), Indian cricketer * Astha Raut, Nepali singer * , Indian politician elected in the 2008 Indian Rajya Sabha elections * C. K. Raut, Nepal-born US-based computer scientist, author and film-director * Chandrakant Raut (born 1945), Indian cricketer * Harish Raut (1925–2002), Indian artist * Kavita Raut (born 1985), Indian long-distance runner from Maharashtra * Nitin Raut, Indian politician from Maharashtra belonging to the Indian National Congress party * Poonam Raut (born 1989), Indian cricketer * Sachidananda Raut Ray (1916–2004), Indian Oriya-language poet * Sanjay Raut (born 1961), Indian politician from Maharashtra, belonging to the Shiv Sena party * Shrikrishna Raut, Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
